The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-11
FEMININE FASHIONS.
Sag gestIons for Ladies Who Desire to At
feet the Latest Styles.

| feet the Latest Styles.
India silks and foulards will be the
rivals of China silks and pongees this
summer.
Skirts for the street remain short, but
all house and evening dresses must be
demitrained.
The latest form of London bonnet is
the "Behrens," named after one OF the
many young women who have rejected
Lord Cairns. 1t is very small capote
of black and gold.
Tennis cloths of white wool have large
quadrille bars Of red. blue, brown and
dark green. Many pretty tennis suits
for the new season are of white and
bright golden brown, and are made of
cashmere of a coarse grade.
Clusters of cock plumes are stylish
feature this season for trimming round
hats, and are also seen on small French
bonnets. They are arranged in short
curved cluster that retains its shape in
stead of being blown about as long
straight feathers are.
Ostrich feathers in bun ches OF tips
and half-long plumes are revived and
are used to form the entire trimming on
large Leghorn and Milan hats, dis
pensing with any bows and bands about
the crown. For summer use many large
hats are shown and most of them are
trimmed with ostrich plumes and tips.
A pretty one of pale ccru straw is
trimmed with plumeS shading from
white to ecru.
Pretty black bennets are trimmed
with white grOs-grain ribbon, the bows
in front holding punches of white
sweet peas. The ribbon extends down
the middle of the crown in twist and
separates there to form the strings. A
Gypsy bonnet of ecru straw with green
velvet ribbons outside, has a green
shirred facing holding pink roses and
blue forget-me-nots.
Green is the most conspicuous color
in spring millinery. Black straw bon
nets have loops Of green velvet with
points of white lace for trimming,
and white straw capotes have facings
and bows of green gros-grain rbbon
with Topped edges, amid fans of black
lace. Suede picot-edged gros- grain
ribbon, on which narrower green vel
vet ribbon is laid, makes stylish loops
and bands on black Gainsborongh hat.
Black is perhaps the most popular
color after green for combining with
various colors, touch of black lace or
black MORE being thought to add to
the stylish effect of the lighteot and most
dressy of bonnets and hats. A pale
blue tulle bonnet has small strings and
bows of black watered ribbon. A
green Neapolitan Ga thin braid now in
favor) has black MORE loops and ends
amid its trimming of green velvet
loops, and the spirited aigrette is also
black. A French poke of quaint shape
for the country is of white straw with
large tape bow and strings of black
MORE ribbon holding buttercups and
pansies over the brim.
The sailor styles are repeated in
many garments for girls and boys.
Girls sailor jackets for general wear
are of navy-blue cloth, cut double
breasted, with gilt, silver, blue or white
buttons. Sometimes the square navy
collar is made entirely of wide blue or
white Hercules braid, and the buttons
must then correspond. The genuine
pea jacket Of blue cloth is worn by
small boys with their kits or sailor
trousers. Red sailor collars of Turkey
cotton, braided with white are worn
with sailor blouses in the house and are
turned over outside jackets for the
street.
The newest guimpes for low summer
dresses are entire of embroidery, with
little frill at the neck and a deep cuff,
like that Of the leg o mutton sleeves.
The round or pointed corsage of dresses
has embroidery set in point down the
front, with gathered muslin tucker at
the top, and lapels of embroidery over
the shoulders. Pulled sleeves for such
waists are bias, with a band of insertion.
Little ginghams and gay printed cot
tons are made with a skirt, with three
deep tucks and little Dutch waist tucked
up the back and a broad plastron of
embroidery set in the front, narrowing
towards the belt.
Children's hats have very large brims,
much wider in front and on the sides
than behind, and are made to look
heavy, with short plumes nodding from
the top of the crown, or with many laps
of ribbon placed on top of the crown
and descending toward the brim. The
brim may be without lining or wire,
but if worn by a child whose delicate
coloring needs dark background the
entire brim may be smoothly lined with
velvet or may have an underbrim lining
of colored straw. For general wear
are sailor hats, with very wide brims,
to be worn far back on the head. These
are of brown, blue, red and white
straw.-N Y World.
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